The Working Group is a forum for providing updated information on the performance of Sub Working Groups I (NKT/SKT), II (social conflict), and III (farmer empowerment). This year’s Pokja (Working Group) meeting was held on November 7 2023, inviting the Regional Government and multi-stakeholders of Seruyan Regency with the theme “Strategies for Preventing the Impact of El Nino in Seruyan Regency”. The El Nino issue is no longer foreign to society. The impact of El Nino is a drought which causes potential crop failure and impacts food security in Seruyan Regency.

Based on information from the Head of the Food Security and Agriculture Service, Mr. Albidinnor, said that Seruyan Regency is still quite safe from the impact of El Nino because not all spots experience extreme drought and there is still rain in some places. To maintain food security and drought which can trigger fires from the impact of El Nino, the Seruyan Regional Government is implementing several mitigation alternatives, namely by providing cheap markets for food security stability and training in KTPA (Fire Care Farmers Group) and MPA (Fire Care Community). Currently, the Seruyan Regional Government needs to prepare a climate and El Nino calendar for Seruyan Regency as a strategy to prevent the impact of El Nino in the future.

The Working Group meeting at the end of this year is one of the Regional Government’s homework assignments in completing the 2023 target to prepare plans for 2024. The Seruyan Regional Government is committed to accelerating the formation of several regulations that regulate topical concerns in the three sub-working groups such as the Draft Regional Regulation on PPA in the plantation sector, the Draft Regional Regulation on Worker Protection, and Technical guidelines/technical guidelines for data collection, prevention and resolution of conflicts. Everything will be contained in the Seruyan Regency Sustainable Palm Oil Regional Action Plan.